Busiest. Summer. Ever. Part 2.

The third week of June is Strawberry Days, a week-long celebration of local heritage. We usually participate in the Children's Parade, go to the carnival, and watch the big parade. This year I took the kids to the carnival while Jeff helped with the concessions at the rodeo as an Elder's Quorum service project. It was the first night, so all the rides were one ticket instead of two or three. There were people everywhere and the lines for the rides were long, but it was worth it, because the boys loved it. I stuck with Dallin, so almost all the pictures I took were of him.





Ryan ran fast enough to earn the right to participate in the Strawberry Days relay races with other 4th grade boys from his school. They ended up taking 2nd place. They started fast, but all of them faded too much at the end. The relay teams from his school got enough points to win the whole group a mission at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center hosted in another elementary school in town. They got a two-and-a-half hour simulation of a real space shuttle mission. I haven't seen what it's like, but it sounds like a lot of fun.

We actually skipped the big parade this year. The boys sacrificed it to go to Cedar City and support me at the Utah Summer Games instead. I've wanted to participate since I volunteered there as a teenager. I finally got my chance--now that I'm old and have little to no competition. Literally. I won a gold medal in Women Masters 40-45 Weightlifting (snatch, and clean and jerk). No one took silver or bronze, because I was the only one in my division and weight class. :-) I snatched 25 kg (55 lbs.), and my best clean and jerk was 38 kg (84 lbs.). It was lots of fun, a goal completed (after a year of Crossfit workouts), and a dream come true. Thanks to Jeff and my boys, my parents, and my brother Enoch and his family for coming to support and cheer for me.

Gold medals earned by TUG club members, l-r: me, Cali, and Coach Moore.